Medicinal infusion for treating gums



Patented Sept. 19, 1933 UNITED STATES MEDICINAL INFUSION FOR TREATING GUMs Jolm A. McAlister, .Iri, Takoma rarangc.

o Drawing. Application April 4,1932 1 Serial No. 603,204 7 1'Claim. (Cl. 167-60) This invention has for its object the provision of a liquid medicament to be used adjunctively to the known method of cureting the tooth surfaces,

and which promotes the restorative processes of the sloughed or shrunken tissues.

More specifically, the invention relates to infusion made from theleaves of the western highland or Rocky Mountain sage, Artemisea, variety tridentata, and perhaps other varieties.

Other objects of the invention will appear as the following description of a preferred and practical application of the same proceeds.

Referring now to a description of the invention in such detail as will enable those skilled in the 5 art topractice the same, the infusion of sage is made by steeping a handful of sage leaves in a quart of boiling water until the liquid has attained an approximate mahogany color. If the infusion is to be used fresh, it is complete at this stage, but it may be preserved indefinitely by the addition of three to four ounces alcohol to a quart of' the infusion. Sage leaves gathered in the month of Mayhave been found to possess more, potency in the performance of their function in the present-medicament than leaves gathered at other seasons.

In the treatment of pyorrhea alveolaris, the tooth surfaces are carefully cureted beneath the gingival margins and to the full depth of any pockets that may have developed, untiFthe teeth are absolutely free from all adherent deposits which it is of course well known, are the foci of the inflammation which characterizes the disease. The spaces between the gingivae and the tooth surfaces are then thoroughly flushed'with the sage infusion, full strength, thesame being introduced preferably from a spray bottle under the pressure of compressed air; This cleanses the spaces and pockets from all trace of pus. j

The sage infusion differs from other antiseptic medicaments such as iodin, I inasmuch as the latter is corrosive in effect and leaves the tissues 6 inflamed and exposed tore-infection, while-the sageinfusion on the'contrary, is mollifying and therefore, regenerative in effect,- favoring the natural restorationof sloughed and-shrunken tissues so that the gums re-assume their normal condition, under treatment; [and the teeth be-.; come tight. I I After the application of the sage infusion, it is desirable to wash themouth with an astringent such as a one to two percent solution ofchromic acid, which has a marked reaction in the presence 5 of the residual sage infusion in the mouthcoag'u lating and segregating the 'debrisof dead tissue in a manner more quickly and complete than in the absence of "the sage infusion. After spitting 5 out the chromic acid solution, the patient may employ any suitable mouth wash for thejpurpose of eliminating the taste of the previously applied solutions. I 'While' Ihave in'the above description disclosed" 3 what I believe to be a preferred and practical embodiment of my invention, it is to be under stood that the strength ofthe infusion is not critical, and that such variations in the tech- 

